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I have a thing for good titles. What are some good titles regardless of the actual quality of the work?

Some that I like:
A Kiss Before Dying
Atlas Shrugged
Requiem for a Dream
The Once and Future King
Romeo is Dying
Earth in the Balance
The Bluest Eye
Farewell to Arms
Of Mice and Men

That's a good smattering off the top of my head.

On the flipside, there are titles I don't like. For instance, I'm turned off by "Verbing Noun" titles, which were especially popular 5-10 years ago. Again, no reflection on the work (Finding Neverland was a good film). Probably it was the conformity that bothered me about those.
 
phil

phil

anything that ends is II: The reckoning. Or II: The wreckening if it's about beatin' people up.
 
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To Sail Beyond Sunset
A Night in the Lonesome October
Damnation Alley
Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming
2001: A Space Odyssey
To Kill a Mockingbird
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Who Moved My Cheese?
Rich Dad, Poor Dad


I also thought Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy worked well as a series of titles (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) even though individually they're nothing special.
 
Rob King

Rob King

I've been loving the titles that also explain the premise. The two that come immediately to mind are:

Snakes on a Plane
Hot Tub Time Machine

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Also, The Time Traveler's Wife. I read a thing with the author where she said she really liked the title, because the title alone introduced two characters, and explained their relationship.
 
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Skinny Santa

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
A Game of Thrones
Life, or Something Like It (something tells me that was a horrible movie, never seen it tho)
If song titles count I could go on all day.
 
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Wasabi Poptart

The Lovely Bones

Circus of the Damned

A Breath of Snow & Ashes

Salvation in Death
 
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RealBigNuke

Don't see any reason songs can't count.

A Game of Thrones
I Am America and So Can You
A Romance of Three Kingdoms
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Snakes on a Plane
I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream
The Death of a Salesman
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness

I actually bought American Gods before I knew who Gaiman was just because the title got me to read the back, and I loved the concept. So that too.

Honorary mention for: Should Have Sucked That Guy's Dick
 
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A Song of Ice & Fire
The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe and Everything
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Neverwhere
 
North_Ranger

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The Sound of the Drums
The Last of the Time Lords
Turn Left
Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places
Treachery, Faith and the Great River
In the Pale Moonlight
Things Fall Apart
She Who Remembers
Vägen till Jerusalem ('The Road to Jerusalem')
Tempelriddaren ('The Knight Templar')
Riket vid Vägen's Slut ('The Kingdom at the Road's End')
Pleasures of Exile
Slavery: in human bondage
Horrible Histories
A True Story Based on Lies
 
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Kitty Sinatra

Young People Fucking.
The Girl Wants to Fuck

And a couple album titles:
Little Songs to Fuck To. (although it's only called that in the liner notes)
Songs Not To Get Married To.
 
Rob King

Rob King

RealBigNuke said:
I actually bought American Gods before I knew who Gaiman was just because the title got me to read the back, and I loved the concept. So that too.
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That's exactly why I picked up the book too.

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And in songs:

"Portrait of an Apology"
 
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